Aventurine has announced that they are now offering a seven day trial for Darkfall. There is a bit of a catch, however: the trial isn't free. Instead, you'll have to pony up a dollar to give the game a spin.

Go here to get started if you're from North America, or here if you're playing from Europe.

[Thanks Christopher8, cosy, Kost, Paragus1 for the tips! Yowza!]

Interesting, I was willing to pay up to a $5 to be discounted from the $50 if I decided to purchase the game, but for ONE dollar, that's even better.

The time for me to try Darkfall has come... for $1.

I came home today, willing to buy the game, and there I saw the trial offer. Well, what can I say? With the upcoming big guns 'Cata, FF and TERA', this is a great opportunity for Aventurine to bolster their playerbase. 'Hell, it was about time!' :)

That's fair.  I'll give it a shot.

Even if you end up hating the game, you can't beat a weeks worth of entertainment for only a buck.  Really no excuse not to try the game at this point.

 This is great news. I know lots of players hesitant to jump in without a trial, now they have no excuse. I am sure they will be hooked.

Yup, the time for excuses has come to an end folks. If you've been even mildly interested in this game, now is the time.

Originally posted by Paragus1

Even if you end up hating the game, you can't beat a weeks worth of entertainment for only a buck.  Really no excuse not to try the game at this point.

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Reminds me of porn subscriptions, but really, what's the point of the dollar charge?

EDIT: Nevermind, stupid question.

Originally posted by mrroboto40

Reminds me of porn subscriptions, but really, what's the point of the dollar charge?

I wondered that as well, even though a dollar isn't bad at all. Every other game company gives out a free trial, looks to me that AV needs some money so why not charge a dollar for a trial. If you don't like it they made money if you do like it they just made even more money.

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Originally posted by mrroboto40
Reminds me of porn subscriptions, but really, what's the point of the dollar charge?
EDIT: Nevermind, stupid question.

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Originally posted by cukimunga

Originally posted by mrroboto40

Reminds me of porn subscriptions, but really, what's the point of the dollar charge?

I wondered that as well, even though a dollar isn't bad at all. Every other game company gives out a free trial, looks to me that AV needs some money so why not charge a dollar for a trial. If you don't like it they made money if you do like it they just made even more money.

Wrong answer.  This is to force a valid credit card transaction, thus preventing the majority of spammers, hackers and farmers into the game.  This is not going to make them rich beyond measure.

Prax 

Originally posted by cukimunga

Originally posted by mrroboto40

Reminds me of porn subscriptions, but really, what's the point of the dollar charge?

I wondered that as well, even though a dollar isn't bad at all. Every other game company gives out a free trial, looks to me that AV needs some money so why not charge a dollar for a trial. If you don't like it they made money if you do like it they just made even more money.

I highly doubt they want to profit off trials, this should hardly even cover the credit card operation fee.

The reason I believe they set the $1 cost is for reducing abuse of the trial - though they did NOT restrict player trade with trials (or at least they haven't specified any restrictions), so it may turn the argument that trials would result in a massive abuse of hacking on alt accounts true, but for $1 each time or at least these abusers will need to commit one credit card fraud per trial, making it easier to track and legally enforce the said abuser.

OMG! ...7 day trial for a buck in Darkfall, that is indeed a swwwweeet deal :)

/sarcasm off

Seriously though, they will have to offer a buck instead if they want more costumers.

Originally posted by Divious

OMG! ...7 day trial for a buck in Darkfall, that is indeed a swwwweeet deal :)

/sarcasm off

Seriously though, they will have to offer a buck instead if they want more costumers.

The overwhelmingly positive posts on three separate threads disagree with your assessment.

Prax

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Originally posted by Divious
OMG! ...7 day trial for a buck in Darkfall, that is indeed a swwwweeet deal :)
/sarcasm off
Seriously though, they will have to offer a buck instead if they want more costumers.

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Originally posted by Praxus1874

Originally posted by cukimunga

Originally posted by mrroboto40

Reminds me of porn subscriptions, but really, what's the point of the dollar charge?

I wondered that as well, even though a dollar isn't bad at all. Every other game company gives out a free trial, looks to me that AV needs some money so why not charge a dollar for a trial. If you don't like it they made money if you do like it they just made even more money.

Wrong answer.  This is to force a valid credit card transaction, thus preventing the majority of spammers, hackers and farmers into the game.  This is not going to make them rich beyond measure.

Prax 

Yeah I guess that would make sense.  Like someone else said, the processing fees might cost that much as well.  I didn't think about that.

anyone have an alternate download? The only way to get the client is torrent. Which is right now slow as hell. Or to buy an account which means your days are starting to wind down before you get the game and hope the patcher thats built in is any faster.

Right now my 3megabit connection is getting this from torrent at 50k sec and will take 3 weeks LOL.

Sounds like a good time to give Darkfall a try. Good timing too since the MMO scene is so blah right now.

Originally posted by Garick

anyone have an alternate download? The only way to get the client is torrent. Which is right now slow as hell. Or to buy an account which means your days are starting to wind down before you get the game and hope the patcher thats built in is any faster.

 

 

Right now my 3megabit connection is getting this from torrent at 50k sec and will take 3 weeks LOL.

http://download.mmosite.com/download.php?id=3482

You'll still have to patch.

You may also have to convert the client to the NA/EU version.  Not sure which version the site has.